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The U21 European Championship will be held in Poland from 16 June to 30 June. The audience can look forward to a whole range of interesting games. After all, many young players with absolute star potential will also be honored at this tournament. On Saturday, 17 June, at 5:00 pm in the city of Bydgoszcz, an exciting match between the U21 national teams of Portugal and Serbia will take place.
Portugal U21 :
The Portuguese U21 national team made their way into the finals at the last European Championship in the Czech Republic in 2015. However, it was not enough for the very big throw and the team of coach Rui Jorge had to be defeated in the penalty shootout of the U21 from Sweden. Last year, the A-National team of Portugal in the EURO 2016 managed to win the title in France. Now the U21 national team wants to imitate the big ones, of course, in Poland. In the qualification for this tournament Portugal had no problems at all and secured the first place in qualifying group 4 without defeat. This year, the Portuguese took part in 2 test matches to win the European Championship. Portugal had no problems in a home game against Norway and made a deserved 3-1 win. At the end of March, the team of coach Rui Jorge played against Stuttgart in Stuttgart. The Portuguese were already in the 25th minute of a very early lead-up by Bruno Fernandes. In the further course of the match, the defense of Portugal proved to be quite right, and in the end it was enough to make it 1: 0 away.
The Portuguese coach Rui Jorge was already in the U21 EURO in 2015 responsible for the team. There, it was enough for the Portuguese in the end, only to the unofficial title of the vice-European champion. This year, of course, the Portuguese would like to celebrate a full success at the U21 EURO. The coach can, among other things, rely on the class of Joao Cancelo, Goncado Guedes and Renato Sanches, who are already at European top clubs.
Possible location: Varela; Semedo, Edgar Ie, Figuerido; Neves, Rodrigues, Carvalho, Sanches, Fernandes; Guedes, Horta
Serbia U21 :
The Serbian U21 national team had to make an effort to participate in this European Championship in Poland. Finally, it was only 2nd place in the difficult qualifying group 2 behind Italy. However, the Serbian team still won 7 wins and 2 draws and had to beat only once. However, this defeat did not take place against the Italians, but 2-0 in Slovenia. Due to the second place the team of coach Tomislav Sivic had to compete in the playoffs against Norway. It was a good start in the home game and the U21 from Serbia got a 2-0 win in Belgrade by 1 goal from Uros Durdevic and an own goal from the Norwegians and a good starting position for the return. In Norway, they conceded a 1: 0 defeat, but the overall result was enough for the intended ticket for the U21 European Championship. In the year 2017, the Serbs were already quite diligent and have already completed 4 test games. There was only a 2-1 defeat against Slovakia in March, and lastly the team drew a goalless draw against Israel. The last test was completed by the Serbian U21 in the last week on Friday and it was a good 3: 1 win against Greece, which should have ensured additional self-confidence.
The coach Tomislav Sivic has brought his team to Poland via the detour of the playoffs yet to the European Championship. There the coach wants among other things with the help of Andrija Zivkovic, Nemanja Maksimovic and Marko Grujic, who have already scored for the A-national team.
Possible setup: Milinkovic-Savic; Gajic, Antonov, Veljkovic, Jovanovic; Maksimovic, Gacinovic, Grujic, Zivkovic; Djurdevic, Radonijc